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BUSINESS STATISTICS 1 y y r A WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS* 1941-43 = 10 120 1941-43 = 10 130 PRICES OF 425 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 120 Weekly (Wednesday close) (avg.%tofy d*») - — 110 \ ^ \ / / 100 - 90 80 ,1,-1 l 1 1 1 1 1 J_J—1—L. i I l i 1968 1 L 1 L.,...J 1969 I 1 1—1 JL 1 . . L - l •„ 1970 1 1 1 1 1 l i I I l ', '• ' • ' J FMAMJ 1971 I • J • '• • ' • 1 7 0 A S O N D Data: Standard & Poor's Group Thousands Thousands 350 1,400 MOTOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION 1,200 — 1,000 - - (Passenger cars) 800 f\ v\ /\ A 600 - 400 - 200 Monthly 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, ,1 1 1—L— i i i i 1968 i i i i i i i 1 1 i 1969 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1970 1 1 1 1 1 J FMAMJ 1971 J A S O N D Data: Automobite Mfrs. Assn. Milli< 2.5 1967 = 100 140 _ CONSUMER PRICES " 130 All Services . PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS (Seas, a d j . , a t a n n u a l rates) 2.0 - 1.5 - 1.0 - .5 - 120 All Items ^ S * - 110 ^ ^ ^ ' ^ Food 100 —1—i-l l 1 I L.J-JULX. JULi-U-JLxJLJL-Li- - U - L J - L L l - L - L , i - L 1968 Data: U.S. Dept. of Labor 1969 1970 ,..,,!,,... 1971 0 1J_l L 1 ,,,,,, 1968 1969 Data: U.S. Dept. of Commerce # Available only with subscription to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, this Supplement provides selected weekly and monthly data subsequent to those published in the latest monthly SURVEY JLX.1 M 1 1 | I M J L U U J L L J L J J 1970 I i, M i l l IJJJULJ- 1971 WEEKLY 2 BUSINESS STATISTICS' 1970 1971 ITEM Feb. 14 Febo 21 1967=100. 0 116.6 117.2 108.1 109.6 110.0 mil. $.. . . . 0 ...do.. .. 6,333 4,392 6,283 4,352 6,468 4,455 6,399 4,648 6,571 4,740 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, State programs thous.. INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT, all programs e do.... State programs (50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico)....do.... FAILURES, INDUST. AND COMMERCIAL (Dun & Bradstreet)..numberoo 308 2,037 1,922 £26 284 1,982 375 3,182 2,752 264 322 205 354 3,216 2,782 249 213 FINANCE: Currency in circulation 3Jo mil. $.. Federal Reserve bank credit outstanding, total _3/... .do.... Member bank reserve balances 3J • .do.... Excess reserves, estimated^/.. ......do.... 52,143 61,446 27,997 307 52,202 61,657 28,059 249 55,585 66,616 30,202 295 55,442 66,187 30,007 286 55,664 66,526 29,766 183 Assets and liabilities of large commercial banks: 4/ Demand deposits, adjustedo.......... o...mil. $• Savings deposits. = s = = s s s s ««»«»doe.. Loans and investments, gross adjusted, total.......do... U.S. Government obligations o do... Commercial and industrial loans (gross)o .do... Real estate loans (gross). ...do... 79,113 46,114 226,105 22,069 78,328 33,806 77,336 45,655 224,050 21,558 78/308 33,488 82,294 49,143 248,405 28,265 80,006 34,283 81,041 49,456 250,671 28,576 80,265 34,290 79,969 49,687 250,909 28,399 80,335 34,313 Bond yields,domestic corporate (Moody's) J3/.... 00 .percent.. Stock price's,, 500 stocks (Stand. & Poor's) 4/.. 1941-43=10.. Industrials1, 425 stocks.o do.... 8.31 86o94 95.55 8.28 87.44 96.08 7.87 94.89 103.93 7o79 96.63 106.02 7,74 97.39 106.92 PRODUCTION: Bituminous c o a l ^ / . . . . thous. sh. tons.. 0 Electric power, by utilities.. ...... . o e mil. kw.-hr.. Motor vehicles (passenger cars)....................number.. Petroleum (crude) and condensate _3/. ..thous. bbl.. 1,846 29,006 95,434 9,554 1,820 28,968 162,845 9,600 1,991 31,185 178,621 10,001 1,754 31,828 191,082 9,960 1,837 31,596 181,571 9,939 thous. sh. tons.. ..1967=100.. 2,530 103.7 2,640 108.2 2,662 109.1 2,622 107.5 2,664 109.2 bil. . 14.7 14.9 14.7 13.9 13.9 WHOLESALE PRICES, 22 COMMODITIES _2/ ALL RETAIL STORES, SALES Nondurable goods stores.... ...... Steel, raw Index of production. o RAIL FREIGHT, REVENUE TON-MILES 1/ Data do not always cover c a l e n d a r weeks. 2/ Tuesday p r i c e . MONTHLY 3/ Daily a v e r a g e . Feb. J a n . 30 6 Feb. 13 4/ Wednesday d a t a . BUSINESS STATISTICS 1969 1970 Jan. Oct. Nov. Dec. 30,149 4,651 8,050 27,953 4,931 30,041 4,509 6,702 28,668 4,266 6,498 r29,485 r4,269 r7,426 30,603 5,022 7,705 29,930 5,080 6,783 29,369 4,592 6,538 28,815 4,452 6,264 r30,024 r45621 r7,168 2,078 4,476 2,259 6,275 1,996 3,?59 1,792 6,346 2,085 4,524 2,184 6,423 2,051 4,'230 2,036 6,567 r2,183 r4,040 r2,021 r6,512 29,740 27,766 28,936 28,245 r30,003 30,209 4,661 6,916 29,046 4,658 6,460 28,504 4,348 6,062 29,009 4,544 6,310 r30,602 r4,962 r7,017 2,079 4,092 1,926 6,536 1,987 3,648 1,901 6,542 2,015 3,954 2,125 6,552 2,074 4,077 2,016 6,873 r2,222 r4,181 r2,051 r6,554 85,445 85,258 78,664 78,(243 r78,755 86,206 7,657 31,570 85,322 7,235 31,247 78,693 6,481 27,537 78,883 6,573 27,583 r79,462 r6,914 r27,432 GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS: 1/ Value (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total ...o..mil. $ Primary metals.•...••.........•..•..••••• ...do.. Transportation equipment do.. Value (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total ..do.. Primary metals.....................................do.. Transportation equipment ............do.. Supplementary series: Household durables o odo.. Defense products (old series)..... .....do.. Defense products (new series)...... odo.. Producers' capital goods industries..... ...do.. MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS: 1/ New orders, net (not seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total. .do.. New orders, net (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total..... do.. Primary metals • do.. Transportation equipment. 0 9 . . . .odo. . Supplementary series: Household durables • do.. Defense products (old series)......................do.. Defense products (new series).. ..do.. Producers' capital goods industries................do.. Unfilled orders, end of month (unadjusted): Durable goods industries, total • do.. Unfilled orders,^ end of month (seasonally adjusted): Durable goods industries, total • do.. Primary metals do.. Transportation equipment do.. r/ Revised. 1_/ Data for Jan. 1971 are advance estimates. Digitized for2494 FRASER MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS —Continued 3 1970 1969 ITEM Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS—Con. MANUFACTURERS' O R D E R S — C o n . 1/ Unfilled orders, end of month (seas, a d j o ) — C o n . Supplementary series: Household durables. o ....mil. $• Defense products (old series).. • ...do... Defense products (new series)........ •• ..do... Producers 1 capital goods industries.....o. do... NEW BUSINESS INCORPORATIONS (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.): Unadjusted number. Seasonally adjusted. .... O ..do..o 0 1,633 30,246 20 ,,372 24,993 1,624 29,935 20,481 25,189 1,455 26,456 19,496 23,611 1,476 26,302 19,475 23,§15 r l 516 r26 442 rl9,S06 r 2 3 958 22,849 22,137 24,407 22,072 21,452 21,409 19,178 23,392 22 688 21 981 COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: Unadjusted index: All items Special group indexes: 1967=100. 112.9 113.3 118.1 118.5 119.1 oo.odo... O.odo0.. o.do.o. do... O .do... 112.9 112.8 111.2 112.0 111.1 108.9 113.3 113.1 111.2 112.1 110.7 109.0 118.9 117.9 114.8 115.2 114.9 113.9 119.6 118.3 115.1 115.3 115.4 114.7 120.2 118.8 115.6 115.6 115.7 115.2 Serviceso... • .do. Services less rent.................... Q ........odo. Food. do. Meats,* poultry,, and f ish. • o... . . . . ......o.do. Dairy products... .odo. Fruits and vegetables.o...... .....o ...oodo. Housing.••........0......................0..........do. ^neJ. ter...................................0..0.00.do. Rent o o do . Homeowner ship ..do. Fuel and utilities o.do. Fuel oil and coalo .....••.••.....••..••..••do. Gas and electricity do 0 0 Household furnishings and operation do. Apparel and upkeep do. Transportation .do. 0 Private do» New cars.. ..do. Used cars ......odo. Public do. 0.0 116.1 117.7 112.8 114.4 109.3 112.4 114.2 117.5 107.7 121.0 105.1 106.8 104.8 110.9 114.7 109ol 108.3 106.9 102.0 115.8 117.1 118.8 113.5 115.8 110.0 111.4 114o7 118.4 107.9 122.1 105.1 107.3 105.2 111.0 113.4 109o8 108.2 106.7 99.3 125.0 124.1 126.5 115.5 116.1 113.1 110.0 121.2 126.5 111.4 131.9 109.2 112.5 108.8 114.5 118.2 115.2 113.4 110.8 107.2 131.3 124.9 127.3 114.9 114.3 113.5 109.4 121.9 127.1 111.8 132.5 110.7 113.9 109.9 115.1 119.0 116.0 114.2 112.5 108.8 132o5 125.6 128o0 115.3 113.7 113.6 110.6 122.6 127.9 112.6 133.4 lllo3 114.9 110.7 115.3 119.2 116o9 115.2 114.1 109.5 133.4 112.8 115.7 110.9 110.5 113.2 116.3 111.3 110.8 118.2 122.8 114.4 115.2 118.7 123.4 114.5 II60O 119.1 124.2 115.0 116.2 $0,886 $0,883 $0,847 $0,844 $0,840 85.3 84.1 42o8 69.2 66.4 33.4 143.4 140.9 79.4 rl28.3 rl29.6 r67.4 rl22.4 rll9.9 r68.3 1,402 776 1,059 577 1,583 890 rl.693 r934 r2,028 rl,228 1,175 605 rl,050 r482 1,521 698 rl,487 r703 rl,768 r876 43,535 44,623 42,927 44,014 45,347 44,883 46,216 44,507 43,543 44,918 140.25 139.44 137.04 rl36.97 rl37.14 102.30 90.61 115.61 102.40 101.97 90.00 114.48 1Q1.04 106.11 89.85 115.68 97.95 rl05.88 89.35 116.58 98.38 106.70 89.59 119.34 100.20 A l l iteiss l e s s food >:i All items less medical care Commodities. Nondurables Nondurables less food...o.... Durables : s o.... dos«i Health and recreation o........ 0 .... .do. Medical care. .do. 0. Personal care.. , • do. Reading and recreation. .doo PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR AS MEASURED B Y — Consumer prices 1967=$1.00. CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE NEW HOUSING UNITS STARTED: Unadjusted: Total (private and public).....................0.....thouso Privately owned. doQ.. One-family structures. o o ...doooo Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total privately owned. .do.• . One-family structures.............................o.do... NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS (13,000 permit-issuing places): Seasonally adjusted at annual rates: Total o oodoo.. One-family structures.... .0....0..0..... do.oo DOMESTIC TRADE RETAIL TRADE, ALL RETAIL STORES: ESTIMATED RETAIL INVENTORIES: Unadjusted, total Adjusted, total 0......00 0....0..mil0 $Q 0 .do0.0 LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EARNINGS Man-hours in nonagricultural estab., all employees, seasonally adjusted at annual rate bilo man-hours. SPENDABLE WEEKLY EARNINGS, avg. per production or nonsupervisory worker (with 3 dependents): On private payrolls (exc. gov't, farm) 2/....current dollars. 1967 dollars. Manufacturing industrieso Q ....current dollars. 1967 dollarso r/ Revised. _p_/ Preliminary. 1_/ Data for Jan Q 1971 are advance estimates. Ij Data for 1970 reflect personal exemption of $625 and surtax of 2.57o; for 1971, the net effect of Federal income tax changes will be to increase spendable earningSo 2494 4 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued 1969 Dec- 1971 1970 Jan- Dec- Jan. FINANCE Commercial bank credit (last Wednesday of month, except for June 30 and Decc 31 call dates), seas, adj•: Total loans and investments l/..o...o...........e»«.e. J L O SXX S obils $- J _ / © © © o © o © © o o © o o 6 9 © © o © © © o © © o © o o © ® a © © o © © © o © © © o © e ) G i U.S. Government securities® - •.. .. .-• <>. • •. • -. » •. o.. .. © © © C IO © ® o Other securities®•••....•••-••••.••.••.••.•••o...... . . . d o . . . SECURITY MARKETS; STOCKS: Prices: Standard & Poor's Corporation: Industrial, public utility, and railroad: Combined index (500 stocks)o9..c3....s. 0.1941-43=10Industrial, total (425 stocks).8..8..o .o.-®.o®dO ooo Capital goods (116 stocks)e^....,,88 -a ----- . -dOo o Consumers' goods (184 stocks). ao . 80 . ...-..-•dO.-. Public utility (55 stocks)o.B.l>l><..9.99 ©..©© — © ©QO © o © Railroad (20 stocks)..-.....,. @©-©©©@®QO- ©Banks: ...•-•••do- - New York City (9-stocks)-..-............ .....---do... Outside New York City (16 stocks)....... oao.o.e- dO -e . Property-liability insurance (16 stocks)-. 401-3 278.1 51-9 71.3 398-5 276o6 50-4 71-5 424-0 286.9 56-3 80-8 427-3 287-7 56.5 83o2 432-5 288-9 58-0 85-6 438 o0 291-2 58-4 88.4 91-11 100.48 100-31 85-62 55-28 36-69 90-31 99-40 99-70 85.42 55o72 37-62 84.37 92-85 87-90 82-12 53-37 31-73 84-28 92-58 86-47 83-09 54-86 30.80 90-05 98-72 92-12 88-69 59-96 32-95 93-49 102-22 95.97 91-72 63-43 36.64 43.55 82-57 85-85 44-11 79-34 83-88 43-51 79.39 81-56 42-66 77-37 79o73 45-11 81-13 88-33 46.88 87o48 95-96 624 539 85 8.5 7-4 1-1 754 630 125 7-4 6-0 1-4 540 436 105 6-4 5-0 1-4 536 425 110 6-8 5-2 1-6 695 587 108 9-9 8-4 1.5 1,563 1,481 2-4 1,053 1,280 2-6 1,018 1,167 2-8 1,220 1,294 3-0 1,381 1,296 1-9 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT Retail sales, new passenger cars: 721 Total, not seasonally adjusted*,.. . •- -•-.... -- ... .-o .... • • -thous639 Domestics-..••..•••••-•-••••.•••......... ......-..•••••.-do-.o 83 Imports-. .-...-....»«.««-.»..«...-«..««...do... 9-0 Total, seasonally adjusted at annual rates..............o...mil. 7-8 Domestics---.••-•••.•••.••••.o.-.-.o........-».----»-.-.-do-.«, 1-2 Imports...--a........... ..o.-o....- -•••••..»»..«.o.-do... Retail inventories, new cars (domestics), end of period: 1,467 Not seasonally adjusted...-•••..•.•.•o-...o........o.-....thous. 1,542 Seasonally adjusted--.................-co......... oodo... 2-4 Inventory-sales ratio, new cars (domestics)..-.............oratio. rj Revisedo JL/ Adjusted t o exclude i n t e r b a n k l o a n s ; beginning June 1969, d a t a a r e r e p o r t e d g r o s s . USC0MM--DC--2494 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS First-Class Mail WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS POSTAGE A N D FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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